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Halictid - Agapostemon - female

Halictid - Agapostemon - Female
Lockwood Valley, GPS: N 34∘43.523 W 119∘10.989, Ventura County, California, USA
May 19, 2006
Size: ~10mm
Looks close to images of metallic green Halictids in the Augochlorini tribe.
This bee is feeding on a Chaenactis glabriuscula (Asteraceae).

Moved
Moved from Augochlorini.

Agapostemon
please remove from Augochlorini guide

 
Just recalled
your earlier ID and was looking for the page. Thanks anyway for the reminder.

Gathering pollen, too
Curved "basal" vein, the hallmark for most Halictidae, is well visible on the right forewing. With such an intense green, this bee must belong to the Augochlorini tribe.

 
not so
it looks like an Agapostemon (Halictini s.l.)

 
Hello Richard,
your comments are very much appreciated, thanks.

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